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Volume #53, Edition #52
Howe's That
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Monday, May 16, 2016
Major announcement today regarding Summit Hill
The Howe Lions Club will meet tonight at Gabriela's Mexican Cocina at 6 pm. They are looking for some additional members - males and females. There are a few guys, years ago, at the local coffee shop who started up the local chapter of the "Lyin' Club", but that is not the same organization.
business investment. As consumer spending and business investment dried up, massive job loss followed. In 2008 and 2009, the U.S. labor market lost 8.4 million jobs, or 6.1% of all payroll employment. According to stateofamericaworking.org, this was the most dramatic employment contraction (by far) of any recession since the Great Depression. By comparison, in the deep recession that began in 1981, job loss was 3.1%, or only about half as severe.
a Another year of education is almost over, giving teachers two or three months to recuperate and prepare for the coming year.
Today marks a significant turning point in Howe's history.
The City of Howe, the Howe Development Alliance and the Howe One final bit of knowledge Area Chamber of Commerce have planned a press conference today at by a youngster in the 11:30 am at the EDC office at 101 E. elementary grades: Haning St regarding the future of the The youngster had a bit of a Summit Hill division. City and county bad habit of saying "darn", officials plan to be at the press of which his mother voiced conference today along with local media outlets. disapproval. "Dear, she said to the boy, "Here's two dollars. It's yours if you will promise not to say 'darn' again." "Alright, mother, "he said as he pocketed the cash. "I promise."
Summit Hill is a development with the original plans dated January of 2005. There is a golden shovel located in the
EDC office that was used for the groundbreaking on January 18, 2007. Timing turned out the be the worst enemy for the development as the Great Recession and housing crisis began in December of 2007. The crisis began with the bursting of an 8 trillion dollar housing bubble. The resulting loss of wealth led to sharp cutbacks in consumer spending. The loss of consumption, combined with the financial market chaos triggered by the bursting of the bubble, also led to a collapse in
In conjunction with the terrible timing, Howe combined with Van Alstyne, Anna and Melissa on a water agreement to prepare for the growth that was to come in 2007-08. But the growth never happened and Howe was strapped with a massive water contract without the ability to spread out the cost to those new homes. Since the City of Howehired an economic development director for the city, Summit Hill has been "Project # 1" because rooftops are the key to any commercial activity and water solutions. continued on page 13
Howe discussed whiskey distillery with NHL star
It's not every day that a professional athlete roams through downtown Howe Departing with the money, looking at business the boy added, "Mom, I know a word that's probably opportunities. But early in 2016, Dayn Belfour met worth a hundred bucks." with city officials about Your local news man had a the possibility of putting a birthday over the weekend. whiskey distillery in Not just any birthday, but Howe's historic downtown the Big 42. That's probably district. It was announced not a big birthday to anyone last week that they have else, but it was a good time settled on the city of Little with the wife at The Elm to place their new Ballpark in Arlington, or business, "Belfour Spirits." uh, Ameriquest, or Globe Life or wherever they play “We reached out to several now. places,” Belfour told the Little Elm Journal, “but Any day that I get to wear my "Bonham Bullet" Danny Little Elm was one of the Darwin jersey is a good only places that was very day. alcohol friendly as a city.
Jennette Killingsworth (EDC director), Jason Laumer (development services director) and a handful of other people worked with us to make everything possible.” The City of Howe, whose liquor laws are currently in place to serve the needs of a distillery had city officials open to the idea of having such a marketable product. "We felt like the Belfour's name would have major drawing power to Howe and we researched the impact that Denison's Iron continued on page 4
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Dayn Belfour (left) and father Ed Belfour receive certificates of completion at the Candadian Craft Distilling Institute.
